What Do Blue And Red America Have In Common? Craft Breweries — And More

A customer returns a keg to the Smuttynose Brewery in Hampton, N.H., in 2017.

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Originally published on November 9, 2018 5:09 pm

The country's cultural divide, as evidenced by Tuesday's elections, is a real one.

But there are some things that are part of the American experience, whether you're biking across Manhattan or driving a 4x4 through Montana.

We analyzed 11 touchstones of American life and how common they were in districts that voted Republican and Democratic during this week's elections. Democrats won the most House districts Tuesday, so below we've sorted them from places that are mostly found in Democratic districts to those that are mostly found in districts that voted for Republicans.